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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Coming Next Month

February is the month for lovers. And for romance novels. Book Three of the Lone Star Cowboys series, The Bluest Eyes in Texas, is scheduled for release in time for Valentine's Day. Here's a short preview...

"You're getting a new patient, Nancy. Starting
tomorrow, you'll devote all your attention to this one for the next two weeks.
That's all the time you have to get him ready to return to the rodeo circuit,
so it will be an intense rehab." Dr. Harris slid the file across the desk.

"But what about my other patients? I'm really making
progress with Anna and Andy. They need me."

Dr. Harris shook his head. "Can't be helped. This young
man is a local celebrity and his parents specifically requested that you, and
only you, handle his case. It will be high profile for us and, if you're
successful at getting him ready for the Finals, we'll get a lot of
publicity."

"Let me guess. Cooper Saunders, right?" Damn him.
Just because he was some kind of star around here shouldn't mean he got
preferential treatment. As much as she liked his parents, she resented them
interfering with her job. She'd spent weeks getting Anna and Andy to trust her,
to respond to their treatment. Anna was finally pulling out of her depression
with the help of medication and counseling sessions, and Andy seemed to be
gaining control of his anger and frustrations. What would happen to them if she
suddenly didn't show up for their sessions and they were turned over to someone
else?

"There's nothing I can do to change your mind?"
Nancy asked, knowing the answer from the firm set of Dr. Harris's jaw.

"No, I promised Mary and Jed that you would personally
handle Cooper's recovery."

"Can I at least do my sessions with Andy and Anna
today, so I can explain to them why they'll have a new PT?"

Dr. Harris stood, indicating the discussion was over.
"No. Cooper is waiting for you in room 212. His doctor will brief you in
the conference room before you get started. He's already there."

In other words, hop to it. You didn't keep the busy doctors
waiting.

Nancy gritted her teeth and marched to the conference room.
She couldn't wait to meet Cooper and give him a piece of her mind for messing
up her other patients' treatments. She didn't even know him. And at this point,
she didn't care to know him.

Shoot, he probably didn't need much more than hand-holding,
anyway. Anyone could do that. Even one of his buckle bunnies.

The doctor smiled when she stepped into the room. She didn't
recognize him, so not a local. Nancy sat across the table from him, where a case folder
waited. "I'm Nancy Phillips."

"John Marshall." He nodded toward the folder.
"We have a short time table to try to get Cooper ready for the PBR
finals." He went over the particulars of Cooper's case and laid out the
treatment plan. "Cooper is willing to commit one hundred percent to his
treatment. You'll have his complete cooperation. If you have any questions,
call me. I'll be checking on his progress daily, as well."

"Do you really think it's wise for him to ride in two
weeks with these injuries?" It sounded like a recipe for disaster to her.
There was no way his shoulder and pelvic injuries could heal in that amount of
time, and from what she'd read, the finals involved several days of bull riding,
back to back. Cooper would be lucky if he didn't end up back in the hospital
after the first try.

"No, I don't, and I've told him that. But he's
determined to do it." Dr. Marshall shook his head. "He's planning to
retire at the end of this season and he needs the win to help finance his
retirement."

"It won't be much of a retirement if he's paralyzed, or
worse."

"If you can convince him not to try it, my hat's off to
you. I've tried everything I can think of to talk him out of it.

After the doctor left, Nancy took a few minutes to study
Cooper's file. Thirty-eight years old, he'd been riding bulls for more than
twenty years. While not the oldest bull rider, he was in no shape to be
thinking about trying it again. Anyone with half a brain could see he needed to
give it up while he could still walk.

Determined to convince Cooper he was a fool to even think
about riding another bull, Nancy headed down the hall to his room.

I don't have a cover yet, but I can tell you this picture will be on it.

Meet Cooper Saunders, professional bull rider. Yum! Can't wait to finish this book and see what you think about his story.

I'm going to invite other authors to comment with details about their February releases, too, so check back often to see what's new for next month.

10 comments:

I've got my next River City Novel, A SON, almost ready for release. I'm trying to get it ready before Feb 1. I'm in that final read-through phase since it came back from my editor. I've even got the cover ready to go and I love this cover!

No western releases for me in February, but I am working on Clare Coleman's diary. It tells what it was like being an early settler in Wyoming from Clare's point of view. (Well, it is her diary.) I'm hoping for a spring release for that one.

Ah, the PBR and a good-looking man on the cover. Fanning face. You know how much I love bull riding. I think you've got a winner!

Thanks for the opportunity! The audio version of my mystery romantic suspense novel, Twenty-Five Years Ago Today, is coming out in February from Amazon, Audible and iTunes. It's already available in ebook format, but I am excited about the audio edition. It has a fantastic narrator, Erin Moon.

This is the blurb: For twenty-five years, Diana Ferguson’s killer has gotten away with murder. When rookie obit writer and newsroom editorial assistant Kris Langley investigates the cold case of the artistic young cocktail waitress who was obsessed with Greek and Roman mythology, not only does she fall in love with Diana’s sexy nephew, but she must also fight to stay off the obituary page herself.

Laura loves teaching high school in the small town of Council Falls, but knows it's only a matter of time until her famous mother shows up and the quiet life she's created comes crashing down around her ears.

Flynn's been interested in the shy history teacher for a long time, but it isn't until they're forced to chaperone the Valentine's Day dance together that he gets the opportunity to make his dreams come true.

With time running out can one bumbling Cupid's Apprentice bring together a Jock and a Brain?

And my next Holiday in Council Falls story LUCKY'S LEPRECHAUN will out shortly.

Thanks for sharing this spot! February is for Lovers. My new romantic suspense, The Spirit Keepers, will be released this month on Amazon.

Can you escape the wrath of the Spirits?

One of Sandy Jacobs’ ten year old students and his family are accused of Witchcraft. Blamed for the mysterious deaths of two San Anselmo Pueblo children, they’re terrorized by “Boogeymen” Kachina, fierce-looking impersonators of the spirits. Sandy rushes to their aid, but her actions inflame the perpetrators and arouse the opposition of Native born faculty member, Ben Rush. Sandy and Ben clash over the issue while struggling against the attraction growing between them until the harassment culminates in violence. Together they risk their lives to uncover the truth and, in the process, learn lessons as valuable as any they have taught.

Go to my blog at authorjswinn.wordpress.com to see my cover and read the blurb.

Hi Tori, thanks for this chance for us to promo our books! Beautiful blog.My romance A NECESSARY END is a paranormal twist on John Wilkes Booth's insane plot to assassinate President Lincoln. It is a 'dark' paranormal because a malevolent spirit haunts Booth to assassinate the 'tyrant' as in Julius Caesar. But since I believe every situation, no matter how foreboding, allows for humor, I've added a few lighter scenes that offer the reader some much-needed relief. How can Booth's plot not leave itself wide open for humor? It was pure comic farce, how he recruited this motley band of adoring disciples and gave them each an assignment in his absurd conspiracy. Yes, Booth sure gets what's coming to him in the end.I'm offering it for free on Amazon Kindle on Lincoln's birthday, Feb. 9, and President's Day weekend, Feb. 16-18.

The Bluest Eyes in Texas sounds like a fun read! Big, tough guy needing to be taken care of makes for a good story. :)

I have a science fiction romance later this month or in early February, Hangar 18: Legacy. It's about a hot, Air Force officer with psychic abilities who must find and free an imprisoned extraterrestrial thought dead for decades, risking his career, his life, and the life of the woman he loves.

Content to hide behind her camera, Maddy Adams often feels more comfortable observing life rather than actively participating in it. For the past five years she’s focused only on her studies and building her photography career. The summer after her college graduation, Maddy returns to Lake of the Pines for her sister Liv’s wedding. While she’s happy her sister has found love again, Maddy wonders if she’ll ever find love herself. Her college roomie keeps pressuring her to go out with her older brother, who happens to be vacationing at the same lake. Maddy doesn't want to go on another blind date, but after blowing it with the gorgeous man she met on the beach she doesn't have anything to lose. Or does she?

Mason Ellis finds himself on a beautiful house boat docked at Lake of the Pines after finally taking his best friend’s long-standing invitation to visit. He has two long weeks away from his fast-paced software development business to relax and unplug if he can. Six months ago the woman he'd lived with for two years left him for someone else. Tired of meaningless hookups, Mason wants more, but is afraid of getting burned again. When he spies a woman on the beach taking his photo, he's intrigued. However, when he finally meets the mystery photographer, she brushes him off. Meanwhile, his little sister keeps pestering him to go on a blind date with her old college roommate. Maybe a blind date is just what he needs to get back into the dating scene. It's not like it will lead to anything more. Or will it?

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Wild child Lacy Fitzgerald may have made one bet too many. This time, the stakes are her trust fund, her freedom, and even her single status. To win, she must take her father's seed money and create a successful lingerie company in one year, and she must do it on her own. Six months into it, out of money and deeply in debt, she hires a handsome hunk to make her catalog sizzle and her sales soar.

But far from being a typical lingerie model, there's more to Gabriel Wallace than meets her eyes or her hands. Gabe isn't a down-on-his-luck construction worker standing in the unemployment line. He's not broke and desperate for any job, even one that has him posing in nothing but skin and his shorts. And he's most definitely not the kind of guy who wears skintight, heart-speckled silk briefs under his rugged jeans.

But for the chance to spend time with Lacy, Gabe will do almost anything. Anything, that is, except tell her who he really is.

To My Readers:Double Exposure is a story very dear to my heart. Lacy and Gabe deserve each other, but parental interference threatens their chance at happiness. How many of us have had the same experience? I hope you enjoy reading their story as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Desperate to break away from her overbearing mother and holier-than-thou sister, Cassie Mills takes on a moonlighting job she'd never have considered otherwise. But she needs money, and she needs it now.

Cassie runs afoul of an outdated and rarely enforced law when she decides to host Pleasure Parties. Reed Stevens is working undercover on the vice squad, not his favorite assignment, especially when he's assigned to what he considers fluff duty, cracking down on the home party sex toy business.

Cassie faces her greatest fear--what will her mother think?--and her aunt's Bridge Club. Reed faces a jealous and unstable partner, his ex-wife and her new love, and the wrath of Cassie's supporters. Neither one is prepared for the day when their professional paths cross. Shock, feelings of betrayal, lust, and love all intermingle until neither one is sure who is right and who is wrong.

Caramia Kensington makes a living setting up seduction scenes for rich playboys. Imagine her surprise when her current customer turns out to be her old high school flame, Grayson Montgomery. And the woman he plans to seduce is Cara.

Cara refused to have sex with Gray when they were fifteen. She had plans and dreams for her life, and they didn't include risking an unplanned pregnancy. She made him a promise: if they were both still single at thirty, she'd have sex with him. And the next day is her thirtieth birthday.

Gray plans to collect on that promise Cara made back in high school. But his plans don't end with one night. Somehow he has to convince her he has staying power, that he will still be there in the morning, and for the rest of her life. Not an easy task when Cara has been left by every man in her life so far.

Regina Baker has loved Sam Hyatt since the third grade, but Sam has an ideal woman in mind, and Reggie doesn't even come close. As the heir to a sizable fortune, Sam has a responsibility to marry well. His wife needs to be well bred, well educated, and well heeled. As a poor preacher's daughter with a landscaping business that barely pays the bills, Reggie feels like a mangy mutt compared to Sam's current girlfriend, who has a pedigree a mile long.

Their matchmaking friends, Cara and Gray, arrange for Sam and Reggie to join them on a two week cruise, where Sam will have a chance to see what he's been missing without the society trappings he's normally surrounded by, and Reggie will have two weeks to win Sam's heart.

Judge Madelyn Cooper never shows signs of weakness, but when a killer threatens her daughter's life, Maddie does what any mother would do. Run to the place where her daughter will be safe. And that place is Greendale, Texas. Maddie left Greendale fourteen years earlier, pregnant, broke, and without saying a word to Rand McCade. What could she say after her father killed his parents?

Rand McCade is determined to keep Greendale safe. As Sheriff, he promised there would be no repeats of the horrible day when his parents were murdered. Now Maddie is back, bringing trouble with her once again. And this time, she has a daughter. His daughter.

As a psychopath sets his sights on Maddie, Rand and Maddie must figure out who is after her, and why, before someone else ends up dead.

Logan Tanner shook the red dust of West Texas off his boots at the age of eighteen and hasn't looked back. When his father has a stroke, Logan is temporarily forced to return home and take over the family ranch. He still feels responsible for his mother's death when he was twelve, and has never gotten over the guilt. Now he's faced with having to protect his twelve year old daughter Katie and his sister and her friend Megan Flynn. It's nearly more than one man can handle. He can't wait to get back to Dallas.

Megan Flynn immediately falls in love with Morris Springs, Texas, population 976, when she delivers Logan's runaway daughter to his doorstep. Raised as a city girl, Megan has a dream of a few acres, a few champion Blue Heelers, and a small-town veterinary practice. The only thing standing between her and her dream is one stubborn, reluctant cowboy with an overprotective streak as wide as the West Texas prairie. But her stubborn streak is a match for his any day. And she's determined to prove it.

Blame it on Texas is a story of the power of love to overcome any adversity, the strength of family and friendship, and the joy that comes with being part of something bigger than yourself.

From the softer side of Tori Scott, a story of two single parents brought together by a shared accident, a teenager with an attitude, and a little girl who steals everyone's hearts.

Sandy Morrow's four year old daughter is hit by an SUV as she's riding her tricycle down the sidewalk near her home. Her new next door neighbors, Hunter Thurman and his son Jason, had been arguing just before Jason jumped in the vehicle and took off without looking behind him. Now her daughter has a concussion and a broken leg,and Sandy has a sexy neighbor who will stop at nothing to make it up to her.Whether she wants him to or not.

Hunter Thurman has a mission: to fix the mess his son has made and to fix the mess he's made of his son's life. He is determined to take care of his next door neighbor and her daughter after the accident, but Sandy is independent and determined to take care of herself, insisting she doesn't need Hunter's help.

This book is dedicated to the men and women who leave homes and families to defend their country and champion freedom across the globe. You have our everlasting gratitude and we pray for your safety.

About Me

Award winning, Amazon best-selling author Tori Scott lives in East Texas with her husband Tony and her dog Blue. When she's not writing, you might find her taking pictures of random things or hanging out on Facebook or Twitter.